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Episode 410: Intronaut, Kvelertak, Great American Ghost 2020 Album Reviews + Holy Roar Records Showcase

They’re Being Followed

As you may realize, we try to keep up with a LOT of bands.  Many we come across fade away, or we may give up on.  Many we try to stick with, even if out of sheer curiosity for ourselves, or just for the sake of the show.  Well, this week, we have been watching all three bands for all of most of their careers, and we are just as excited as many of you to see what they are up to now.

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Reviews:
Intronaut – Fluid Existential Inversions (Metal Blade)
Kvelertak – Splid (Rise)
Great America Ghost – Power Through Terror (eOne Heavy)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Episode 365: Revocation, Dead Letter Circus, The Nietzsche 2018 Album Reviews + North Dakota Bandcamp Pick: Grizzly Horse

Fin

No, we’re not done.  We’re just starting year seven!  However, one band we review this week, is coming to an end.  We also discuss another that is not technically calling it a day, but it will be the end of the band as we know them.

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Revocation – The Outer Ones (Metal Blade)
Dead Letter Circus – Dead Letter Circus (Rise)
The Nietzsche – Finals. (Venona)

 

North Dakota
Grizzly Horse

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Episode 347: Amorphis, Sevendust, Fractal Gates 2018 Album Reviews + Illinois Bandcamp Pick: Scientist

Defying Age

Two of the bands we cover this week have been around for quite some time.  In fact, your hosts have been following one of them for over half their lives! Sure, there are many more bands that fit that bill, but every now and then you just have that “when the hell did that happen?” moment.

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Reviews:
Amorphis – Queen of Time (Nuclear Blast)
Sevendust – All I See is War (Rise)
Fractal Gates – The Light that Shines (Rain Without End)

 

Illinois
Scientist

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Episode 259: Exalt, Trap Them, Of Mice & Men 2016 Album Reviews + Car Bomb Preview

What’s Thick, Heavy, and Feels Oh So Good?

Answer – the production on 3/4 of what we cover this week.
Anyway, last week we previewed a new Trap Them song and then commented we can hopefully review the album soon.  Well guess what? We can and we did. In addition to that, we have (spoiler alert) another awesome album…and one that missed the mark worse than a Stormtrooper. The new Car Bomb song almost makes up for it though.

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Reviews:
Exalt – The Shape You Took Before the Ache (Good Fight)
Trap Them – Crown Feral (Prosthetic)
Of Mice & Men – Cold World (Rise)

First Impression:
Car Bomb – “Sets” from Meta out October 28th

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Episode 131: A Case of the Mondays

First off, I apologize for this first and likely only time we have the country-naming Manowar. Granted we don’t play a song, but still. Anyway, we have a full episode five album reviews with some jams for 60% of them. We also share and discuss a wide range of news from the sad to the unfortunate to the strange.

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Reviews: Alterbeast – Immortal (Unique Leader); Animals as Leaders – The Joy of Motion (Sumerian); Manowar – Kings of Metal; Memphis May Fire – Unconditional (Rise); Morbus Chron – Sweven (Century Media)

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